HP Printers not working

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I can’t get a printer to work. I can add them to CUPS. HP Device Manager does not see them. Same for USB, Wifi.
Magically Manjaro found my HP Envy 5000. Still having problems with the P1102W Laserjet. I can add OK but it won’t work

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You might need to install a driver. Without knowing the model, there is no way on telling. Usually hplip package should help …

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try running hp-doctor in terminal and follow the steps. Make sure printer is connected to the pc

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Have you checked this to make sure you have printing enabled
Printing - Manjaro.

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I’ve always found HPLIP useless. Currently it cannot find a printer which is installed and working.

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hp-doctor is not configured for Manjaro:

cmd =python-pyqt5
error: Failed to install ‘python-pyqt5’ package, please install manually.
cmd =make
error: Failed to install ‘make’ package, please install manually.
cmd =xsane
error: Failed to install ‘xsane’ package, please install manually.

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If you need to install these packages,

sudo pacman -S python-pyqt5 xsane base-devel
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Many thanks. I solved the problem in CUPS by changing the hpcups driver to ‘IPP’. However, HP Device Manager still fails to find my wifi printers.